Motorola Edge 60 Fusion review

Familiar camera hardware with 50MP main sensor

The Edge 60 Fusion's camera system remains unchanged. There might have been some sensor swapping behind the scenes, but the specs match the hardware from last year's Edge 50 Fusion.

The main camera still uses the 50MP Lytia 700C sensor with what appears to be the same f/1.88 aperture, while the ultrawide is 13MP with autofocus, which is also used for macro photography. The selfie is 32MP with a wider f/2.2 aperture.

• Wide (main): 50MP Sony Lytia 700C, 1/1.55", 1.0µm, f/1.88, 24mm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; 2160p@30fps
• Ultrawide: 13MP GalaxyCore GC13A2, 1/3.0", 1.12µm, f/2.2, 12mm, AF; 2160p@30fps
• Front camera:32MP GalaxyCore GC32E1 (1/3.1", 0.7µm-1.4µm), 22m, f/2.2, 2160p@30fps

We would like to note once again that the camera app's performance isn't very smooth and the feed in the viewfinder can be laggy while the whole app becomes unresponsive at times. We've noticed this on several Motorola phones in the past and not just in nighttime scenarios.

Daylight photos

Main camera

The main camera produces likeable stills with punchy colors, maybe a bit of extra contrast, good sharpness, and a fair amount of fine detail. Taking a closer look reveals a bit of extra sharpening added during the post-processing, but it's not something to complain about.

Main camera photos

As is the case with Motorola phones, the Edge 60 Fusion offers two styles of processing - Natural and Enhanced. The Enhanced option takes slightly longer sometimes to capture and is supposed to improve post-processing. However, we struggle to find any meaningful difference in the "enhanced" pictures below.

Enhanced mode main camera photos

The supposed full-resolution 50MP mode seems to be upscaling the photos. There are obvious upscaling artifacts, so we don't recommend this mode.

50MP photos

And here are some people shots too. The edge detection could be better implemented in Portrait mode, but otherwise, the photos look fine.

Portraits: Photo mode • Portrait mode

2x crop zoom

The 2x crop zoom photos offer the same processing as the standard 1x photos, which is to be expected, but we can't say we are happy with the overall quality. Some of the shots we took were a bit too blurry, and the upscaling artifacts are quite apparent in some cases, especially on foliage in the distance.

2x crop zoom photos

Here are some portrait photos.

2x Portraits: Photo mode • Portrait mode

Ultrawide camera

Although the ultrawide camera offers a narrower dynamic range than the main cam, the overall processing looks similar - colors, contrast, etc. Compared to most ultrawide solutions on the market, this one is definitely one of the best we've seen. Sure, upon closer inspection, you will notice some oversharpening halos, but the end result is pretty solid. The autofocus helps too.

Ultrawide camera photos

We see a lot more detail than your usual ultrawide camera, and sharpness is pretty good. You get the occasional soft patches, but this is par for the course. Overall, the ultrawide camera is excellent in daylight conditions.

The ultrawide handles close-up shots pretty well too. The AF enables macro-level photography, and the results are so much better than the dedicated macro shooters in the price bracket.

Macro photos

Selfies

The selfies are rather good, but Motorola has once again resorted to using artificial sharpening to achieve good enough sharpness. This can often bring out imperfections. In any case, colors are accurate, the dynamic range is wide, and the level of detail is impressive.

Selfies

Low-light photos

Main camera

Even though there's no automatic Night mode, the photos we took in the standard Photo mode and the dedicated Night Vision mode are pretty much identical.

Main camera photos

In any case, the main camera tends to produce somewhat sharp and decently detailed photos. The shadows appear too bright to our taste but that doesn't mean the highlights are clipped. Colors can be a bit more saturated, and the color temperature looks slightly off, but overall quality is good.

2x crop zoom

The 2x crop zoom mode at night is far from ideal. Some shots look like oil paintings with virtually no detail and unsatisfactory sharpness. Interestingly enough, the stills we took are pretty much free of noise, though.

2x crop zoom photos

Ultrawide camera

The nighttime photos from the ultrawide are quite alright. Colors are a bit conservative, and the color temperature is sometimes off, but other than that, you get good sharpness and dynamic range for this sort of camera.

Ultrawide camera photos

Video recording

The Edge 60 Fusion supports 2160p@30fps video recording with all its cameras, including the selfie one. EIS is supported in that resolution as well and it seems to be very good too.

You can check out the playlist below, which includes multiple video samples.

Despite the challenging lighting conditions with the heavy overcast, the handset produces very nice videos with its main camera. Sharpness and detail are good, the footage looks very clean, and the colors are close to natural.

The low-light video is also pretty solid, especially for a phone in this price range. There's no apparent noise, the detail is alright, but the highlights are clipped. The footage is impressively sharp, though.

We are surprised by the ultrawide clip too. It's definitely one of the better ultrawide videos we've seen. However, the colors are a bit pale and there's some focus hunting ruining our footage. We hope Motorola fixes it in the future.

Lastly, we recorded a sample video in the Horizon Lock mode, which we've seen on other Motorola phones in the past as well. This mode locks a certain orientation of the video and no matter how you tilt the phone, it will maintain a level horizon. This feature is limited to 1080p, but it's impressive nonetheless.